παλαιός

Matthew 9:16 παλαιῷ· old;

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.

Here: "Old" in the sense of aged and worn: fabric that has already shrunk and been thinned by years of wear. It is weaker than new cloth and less able to take strain.

Matthew 9:17 παλαιούς· old;

Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”

Here: Old in the sense of used and worn: leather that has already been stretched once and has gone stiff and brittle with age.

Matthew 13:52 παλαιά.¶ old.

Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

Here: 'Old things', long held and of proven worth, not worn out. The old is still in the treasury and still brought out.

Mark 2:21 παλαιόν· παλαιοῦ, old;, old,

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.

Mark 2:22 παλαιούς· old;

And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.”

Here: Old in the sense of aged by use. Such a skin had already been stretched once, had dried out, and had gone stiff and brittle. It could no longer give.

Luke 5:36 παλαιόν· παλαιῷ old;, old

He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will tear the new garment as well, and the patch from the new will not match the old.

Luke 5:37 παλαιούς· old;

And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined.

Luke 5:39 παλαιὸν παλαιὸς old [wine], old

And no one after drinking old wine wants new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”

Romans 6:6 παλαιὸς old

We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.

Here: 'Old' in the sense of belonging to the former, outgoing order of things, as in 'the old leaven' (1 Cor 5:7) and 'the old covenant' (2 Cor 3:14). It means outdated and superseded, not merely elderly.

1 Corinthians 5:7 παλαιὰν old

Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

Here: 'Old' in the sense of carried over from before. Ancient leaven was a piece of old fermented dough saved from the last batch, so 'old leaven' is the carry-over from the life before the new start.

1 Corinthians 5:8 παλαιᾷ old

Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.

Here: 'Old' leaven, carried over from before. It contrasts with the 'new batch' of verse 7 and stands for the way of life from before the community was made new. Paul uses the same contrast elsewhere, as in 'the old self' of Romans 6:6.

2 Corinthians 3:14 παλαιᾶς old

But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.

Here: 'Old': earlier, and set against the 'new covenant' of v.6 (Jer 31:31). The word also suggests that something has aged and been overtaken.

Ephesians 4:22 παλαιὸν old

to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

Here: 'Old' in the sense of belonging to the earlier order and worn out. It sets up the contrast with the 'new' human 'created according to God' in v. 24.

Colossians 3:9 παλαιὸν old

Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,

Here: Not 'elderly'. It means old in the sense of former and outdated, belonging to an age that is passing. The same word is used of old wineskins and old garments (Mark 2:21–22), which suits the clothing picture.

1 John 2:7 παλαιὰν παλαιά old

Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.

Here: Old in the sense of long established. In this setting that is a mark of authority, not of being worn out or out of date.